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RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3. 1919.

Patented Sept. 16, 1919.

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GRANVEL FRANKLIN, F FLINT, MICHIGAN.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed march a, 1919. Serial No. saunas.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, G'RANVEL Fnenrcnm,- a citizen of the llnited States,resldmg at Flint, in the county of Genesee and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Receptacles, of whichthe following is a specification.

'llhis invention relates to deposit and collection receptacles and moreespecially to those adapted to contain milk bottles, and the object ofthe same is to produce a receptacle of this character adapted to be setup outside the kitchen door or the tradesmens entrance and havingcompartments in which supplies may be left in the absence of thehouseholder.

lhe invention comprises a central compartment for various goods andpackages which may be dropped .into place, with means for preventingaccess thereto by unauthorized persons, and end compartments for milkbottles and the like, whose doors are automatically latched when closedwhile the milk bottle is in place filled with milk.

The invention also comprises other details as fully set forth in thefollowing specification and claims.

Referring to the drawings- Figure l is a perspective view of thisreceptacle with certain of its doors open.

Fig. 2 is a vertical central section.

Fig. 3 is a right hand end elevation with the door open, and part ofthe. top broken away.

Fig. l is a horizontal sectional ,detail showing the catch for one ofthe end doors.

l will say at starting that this receptacle may be made of anyappropriate material and proportions. it is adapted to be screwedagainst the house wall alongside the kitchen door, or it might bedisposed upon a shelf or mounted on a post. in rural communities, it maybe disposed alongside the road at a considerable distance from thehomestead. The body of the receptacle comprises a closed bottom l, aclosed upright back 2, a top 3 preferably inclined forward and having aconsiderable opening 4 between its ends, a front 5 having a large dooropening 6, and a door 7 hinged at its lower edge at 8 to the front edgeof the bottom 1 and adapted to be closed and looked as at 9 by means ofa key which remains in the possession of the householder. Within thebody thus formed are two transverse partitions l0 producing a largecentral compartment and two smaller end compartments, but all of thesecompartments are exposed when the front door is swung open, andtherefore the opening of time door gives access to the entire interior.

Within the partitions near their upper ends, are journaled the truionsll of a rotating door composed of four wings 12 radiat ng from thecenter and two disk like end pieces 13 which lie near the end pieces ofthe top 'lhis rotating door closes the openlng 4 1n the top, and yet anysmall article laid upon one of the wings l2 will cause the rotary doorto turn on its axis and the article will be dropped into the largecentral compartment. Yet the presence of th1s door prevents anunauthorized person from reaching into the top and withdraw- 1ng saidartioleor articles after they have reached said compartment. lo quite anextent also, the presence of this door encludes snow and rain, andcertainly it lreeps animals out of the interior. "lhe trnnnions ll ofthe door may be carried ccmpletelv through the ends 15 of the body asshowh at 16 in Fig. l, but the lower portion of each end has aconsiderable opening l'i' in which on spring hinges 18 is mounted a door19. When the two doors lll are closed and latched by means yet to bedescribed, access to the interior can only be had by opening the frontdoor 7. The details of the smaller compartments beyond the partition 10are shown with respect to but one of them, but as these compartments andtheir contents are alike a description of one will be sulficient.

Hinged at 20 upon the bottom l is a small platform 21 from whose rearrises a link 22 which is connected with a movable keeper constituting acatch for the door. This catch as seen in Fig. l is of inverted llshape,being a piece of resilient metal slidably mounted in a guide 23 carriedby the rear wall of the receptacle or baclr 2 of the body. The inner leg2d of the catch is connected at its lower end with the link 22, so thatdepression of the platform 2l moves the entire catch downward againstthe tension of a spring 25 which coects the center of the catch with ascrew eye or staple 26 in the back plate 2. 'lhe front leg 27 of thecatch is held normally by the spring at a point about even with theguide 23 at which time the platform 21 is raised as shown. A hookedlatch 28 is carried by the door, being Patented Sept. 1c, 1919;

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llltl becomes latched so that thereafter it may of the spring hinges 18,places his milk on the platform 21, and then releases the door. Theweight of the bottle and milk draws down on the catch against thetension of the spring 25, and the front leg 27 thereof is projectedbelow the guide 23. As the door closes the beveled tip of the latch 28passes the lower end of the front leg 27 which swings aside slightly,and the door not be opened. Now whenthe householder comes, he unlocksthe front door 7 at 9, swings it open as shown in Fig. 1, and reachesinto the left hand compartment 10 and removes the bottle of milk. Thisofcourse releases the tension on the spring 25 .disengages the latch 28,and the door 19 may be swung open as described above. The same is truewith the compartment at the right end of the receptacle. One of thesecompartments may be utilized by the milk man, and the other by someother tradesman, whereas small articles may be dropped through therevolving door in the top of the receptacle.

The foregoing description and the drawings have reference to what may beconsidered the preferred or approved form of my invention. It is to beunderstood that I may make such changes in construction and arrangementand combination of parts, materials, dimensions, et cetera, as mayprove'expedient and fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a milk bottle receptacle, thecombination with a body having a door opening,

a door hinged within said opening, and a latch on the door having abeveled tip; of a guide within said body, an inverted U-shaped catchslidably mounted in said guide, a platform movable within the body andconnected with one leg of said catch whereby a weight on the platformwill depress the catch and throw the other leg into the path of saidlatch, and yielding means for normally raising said catch, as described.

2. In a milk bottle receptacle, the combination with a body having adoor opening in its front and a door opening in its end, a main doorclosing the front opening and having means for looking it, a second doorclosing the other opening and having a latch with a beveled tip, andspring hinges for the second door holding it normally closed; of aninverted U-shaped catch slidably mounted Within the body and having along rear leg and a short front leg, a platform connected with the rearleg and capable of being depressed by a milk bottle, and a springconnected to the top of the catch for normally raising it out of thepath of said latch and yielding under the weight of said milk bottle.

3. In a milk bottle receptacle, the combination with a body having adoor opening in its front and a door opening in its end, a main doorclosing the front opening and having means for looking it, a second doorhinged on said body for closing the end opening, of an inverted U-shapedcatch slidably mounted within said body and having a long rear leg and ashort front leg, a latch having a beveled tip carried by said seconddoor, a platform connected with the rear leg of said catch and capableof being depressed by a milk bottle, and a spring connected to the topof the catclrfor normally raising it out of the path of said latch andyielding under the weight of said milk bottle.

'4. In a milk bottle receptacle, the combination with a body having adoor opening in its front and a door opening in its end, a main doorclosing the front opening and having means for looking it, a second doorhinged on said body for closing the opening in the end of said body, alatch carried by said second mentioned door, of an inverted U-shapedcatch slidably mounted within the body and having a long rear leg and ashort front leg, a platform connected with the long leg and capable ofbeing depressed for moving the short leg of said catch into the path ofsaid latch, and yielding means for normally raising said catch, asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GRANVEL FRANKLIN.

Witnesses: GEO. F. WOODHOUSE, FRANCIS M. BUFFUM.

